Granada Hills fire damages strip mall shops

Firefighters break down a door to check the store for a fire that started in a strip mall in Granada Hills on Thursday, April 24, 2014. (RMG News HD)

April 24, 2014 6:38:05 AM PDT

GRANADA HILLS, LOS ANGELES --

Firefighters were investigating Thursday the cause of a fire that tore through a strip mall in Granada Hills.

More than 90 firefighters spent 23 minutes putting out a fire that started shortly before 1:30 a.m. in the 16000 block of San Fernando Mission Boulevard.

The damage was mostly contained to a barber shop, but two adjacent business will also need some repairs, firefighters said. One of the shops was only nine months old and all of the equipment inside was brand new.